Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel made waves this week when he penned an op-ed in the Post with the headline, “Someone needs to say it: Medicare For All Is a Pipe Dream.” Of course, the truth is that plenty of people say it. It’s a well worn excuse we hear most often from for-profit insurance…

As a fellow physician, I respectfully disagree with Dr. Vin Gupta’s analysis of the healthcare plans of Senator Elizabeth Warren and President Donald Trump in a recent opinion article on Think. As an emergency physician for over two decades, the major barrier to quality care for my patients is cost — like the mother with…

Greg Ip’s Wall Street Journal article about Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare for All proposal (Nov. 6, 2019) takes a much needed look at the costs of healthcare in America. Respectfully, the piece overlooks some critical day-to-day realities many patients, their families and doctors like me encounter every day. In my emergency department, I sometimes find…

President Trump has been sabotaging Americans’ health care since his first day in office. He also lies or misleads the American people more than a dozen times a day, according to a Washington Post count. Between those two statements, his most recent claim that he’s going to lower the price of prescription drugs must be met…

Democratic presidential candidates are busy preparing for the third major debate where they may again discuss healthcare, which has dominated the two previous debates and the number one issue for voters. But ahead of the Houston debate on Thursday, doctors are reminding Americans what is at stake if the current administration and its plans for…